A woman left infertile after cancer treatment cannot use her frozen embryos to have a baby, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Natallie Evans started IVF treatment with her then partner Howard Johnston in 2001 but he withdrew consent for the embryos to be used after they split up. Ms Evans went to the Strasbourg court after exhausting the UK legal process. She now hopes to appeal to the Grand Jury of the European Court, but still wants her ex-fiancé to change his mind. Ms Evans said: "I'm still as determined to do whatever it takes to have a child of my own." She added: "Howard may feel it's too late for him to change his mind, but it's not." But Mr Johnston said: "It seems that common sense has prevailed. "The key thing for me was just to be able to decide when, and if, I would start a family." ... http://news.bbc.co.uk

Prosecutors in Zacarias Moussaoui's death penalty trial sought Tuesday to unravel his claims that he knew nothing of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, arguing that al-Qaida members are carefully scripted to lie when caught. FBI agent Michael Anticev, testifying for a second day, offered the jury a primer on al-Qaida cover stories and the organization's techniques of deception when cell members are questioned. Moussaoui's lawyers are portraying him as a pathetic loner who dreamed of becoming a terrorist but was shut out of Sept. 11 planning and considered by one al-Qaida leader a "cuckoo in the head." They also want to show the government knew far more about brewing al-Qaida plots than Moussaoui did, and in that vein pressed Anticev on what the FBI was doing to follow up on warning signals before 9/11. ...http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=1696173&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

The Great Red Spot that has dominated the planet Jupiter's cloudtops for hundreds of years now has a companion. The gas giant is growing another red spot, which US space agency (Nasa) astronomers have nicknamed "Red Jr". Both red spots are actually raging storms in Jupiter's cloud layer, but scientists don't yet know how they get their characteristic brick colour. Red Jr is about half the size of the Great Red Spot and almost exactly the same colour, Science@Nasa reports. The new storm goes by the official name of Oval BA. It was first observed in 2000, when three smaller spots collided and merged. At first, Oval BA remained white - the same colour as the storms that combined to create it. But over the past few months, it has started to change in appearance. "The oval was white in November 2005, it slowly turned brown in December 2005, and red a few weeks ago," said Christopher Go, an amateur astronomer from the Philippines who has been observing Red Jr. ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4781730.stm

A videotape of British hostage Norman Kember and two other peace activists has been broadcast on Arab satellite television station al-Jazeera. The 74-year-old, from north-west London, was seized in Baghdad with two Canadians and an American in November. The members of peace group Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) were last seen in a video clip broadcast in January. The UK Foreign Office said it was concerned the American Tom Fox did not appear on the tape dated 28 February. "We hope that all four are well and will be released unharmed," a spokeswoman said. The men were kidnapped on 26 November by a previously unknown group calling itself the Swords of Truth Brigade, which has demanded all Iraqi prisoners be freed. ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4781462.stm

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended his country's treatment of terror suspects against criticism from Europe and elsewhere, telling a London audience Tuesday that the United States abhors torture and respects the rights of detainees. Gonzales also said the United States did not transport terrorism suspects to nations where it was likely they could be tortured. Human rights groups and other European critics have alleged that U.S. planes may be using European airports and air space to send suspects to nations that may torture them. They have also criticized the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo, and a U.N. report last month called for the facility to be closed "without further delay" because it is effectively a torture camp where prisoners have no access to justice. This guy has no credibility problem at all, he opens his mouth and proves it. That this thing is our Attorney General shows how low we have sunk. The Rule of law is nothing more than the Rule of the Big Gun...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11711285/from/RSS/

Palestinian PM-designate Ismail Haniya will not be immune from assassination if Hamas renews attacks on Israel, the Israeli defence minister has said. Shaul Mofaz told Israeli Army Radio the policy of targeted killings had been successful and would continue. Mr Haniya has been nominated to form the next Palestinian government after Hamas' shock poll victory in January. Israel's own campaign for polls on 28 March has begun, with the Kadima party of acting PM Ehud Olmert tipped to win. Mr Mofaz's comments came a day after two Islamic Jihad militants and three other Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City. "We will continue the targeted killings at this pace," Mr Mofaz said. ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4781246.stm